Use of esophagocrural sutures and minimal esophageal dissection reduces the incidence of postoperative transmigration of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication wrap.

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Published in J Pediatr Surg on January 01, 2007

Authors

Shawn D St Peter1, Patricia A Valusek, Casey M Calkins, Steven B Shew, Daniel J Ostlie, George W Holcomb

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.

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